Wick



Dec. 18, 1934. Y P. BARGER 'NICK Filed March 8, 1933 Qil Patented Dec. 18,

This invention the burners of that type Application March relates to kindling "wicks for of stoves 'or heaterswhich use gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons as fuel.

v In burners of this type, it is customary to pro? vide one otmcrewicks,

usually circular, of asbestos, or other non-combustible.material. When the burner is to be :lighted,

flame is applied to the wick orwicks which then burn until the necessary initial amount -of heat is the burner.

imparted to One. pronounced disadvantage of wicks so used is that their lower edges, which, in customary burner construction, rest in oil receiving grooves or troughs, tend to:

become charred or carbonized as .a result of the intense heat to. which, they are subjected wick rests upon the base. a

when the oil is exhausted and the dead heated metal .A wick, .so charred and carbonized, loses of the trough most .of its capillarity and must be replaced.

'The primary object of this invention is to so construct a wick 1 that never be in direct contact its absorbent material will the metal of the oil trough,.thereby preventing carbonization of the wick and assuring a Another object is to so. construct a wick matefree flow of the oil.

rial of the character specified that it may be manufactured and sold combustible material of great flexible strips 'of nonlength, which can be rolled on spools' or reelslfor storage or transportation, pieces of any wound and cut off shape and :size.

required length being runto form wicks of any desired A further object isto provide the upper and lower edges of a wickwith a series of separated and independent. metallic legs/or projections,

which permit the wick up out'of to be reversed and hold it contact with the base of the oil trough from each or .its longitudinal edges.

A still further object is theprovisi'on of a pluralityv of independent, adjustable and readily ats tachable metal clips to be secured to and projecting from both of the edges of the wick to serve as supporting legs and produce a reversible wick.

Other objects will appear in and be evident from the following detailed description of the invention:

The invention consists of structural characteristics and relative arrangement of elements, which will be hereinafter more ticularly pointed out in In the drawing, in

fully described and parthe appended claims. which similar reference characters indicate the same parts:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, in central vertical section, of the kindler of a burner, illustrating two oil troughs w ith wicks therein;

Figur 2 is a invention; 1 :1

v Figure 3 'isqaaperspective manner in which :a portion of vmaterial is coiled to izform-sa wick face view of a strip wick form- .ing material constructed in accordance withthis view the .figurea i .a perspective view-illustratingthe manner inwhich-a. reversiblemetallic leg orsupjport is v appliedito the stripof absorbent material forming-the 'bo'dyrof the 'wick; and, 5

Figure a vertical longitudinally-sectional view, in, flat projection, center of aneoii trough. trating thevmanne r in absorbent material of through a .portion of the with wick therein, illuswhich the legs .support. the the wick free from contact with theb'aseiof-thegroove. Referring; in the first instance, to Figure 1 of the drawing, thereis shown an inner and outer annular united "by bridges 13. 1 vLo- :structure" comprising troughs :11 and: 12

oil burner kindler catedrwithin "eachtrough; and of such circumferenee .l asl. to the free from "contact 1 with the trough wai'ls, is a .wick

14 ofasbestos, or other non-combustible material, preferablyustrengthened and reinforced ing interwoven wires .15. is exhausted and the W1 with longitudinally extend- When the oilin a trough ck flame has burned out,

the sides of the wick,.-bein-g free from contact with the walls'of the trough, to char or carbonize.

The wicks. are preferably formed from a long strip of material 14, 2.= with independent and 16, the lower ends of: upon. the base of the.

such as shown in Figure. The strip is provided, :at spaced intervals,

"adjustablermetal-lic legs which are adapted-to .rest trough andshold thewick freei'from icontant'therewith,zso that the. lower edge of "the same will tendency :to cha'r or .car

Figurefi. Each of these spaced,

independent supporting likewise. suffer from no nize, as bestxshown in separate, adjustable and. legs 16 is preferably in the form of an elongated double clip having its ends 17, 1'7 projecting beyond the upper and lower edges of the strip of absorbent material 14, as

shown in Figure 4.

The supporting legs their ends 17, 1'7 and 16 are provided between at the points corresponding to the positions of the longitudinally extending interwoven wir es 15, 15, with teeth 18,

18, stamped out of the metal forming said legs 16.

When said legs 16, 16

upper and lower edges of with respect to the are properly positioned strip of absorbent material 14, said teeth 18, 18

are made to pierce sai d material 14 and then turned down, preferably, against the inner surface of said wick and thereby firmly clamp said adjacent sections of wires 15, 15 between said legs 16, 16 and the contacting portions of the wick l4, and serve to firmly and properly fasten the supporting legs upon the strip, as indicated at Figures 3 and 5.

From the foregoing construction and arrangement of the reinforcing wires 15, 15 in the wick material 14 and cooperating teeth 18, 18 of 'a supporting leg 16, there is provided a cheap, quick and most efiicient manner of securing and adjustably fastening a series of separated and independent double ended supporting legs 16, 16 to a narrow and endless strip of wick material, with the outer ends 17, 17 of said legs 16 being at all times properly aligned and projecting from the upper and lower edges of said strip, thereby producing, at a minimum cost, a reversible wick having double the life of the wicks heretofore used. 1

In Figurev 3 is shown the mannerin which a wick is formed. After the circumference, length, or shape of the burner is determined, a suflicient quantity or length of material is cutoff from the long strip, shown in Figure 2, and coiled around into annular Lformwith its. ends abutting, -or so shaped to conform .to the contour of the burner. In the drawing, for the purpose of greater clarity, the ends are shown vertically displaced, but the manner in which they abut, and secured together, if so desired, to formthe final wick is readily understandable.

In operation, not only are the wicks free from any tendency to char or carbonize on account of touching any of the hot metal of a trough, but such carbon as may form on the lower edge of a wick will burn off as the'flame dies out. The elevated position of the wick above the base of the trough permits the flame to burn down the sides of the wick and under its elevated and exposed lower edge, thus automatically consuming any carbon which may have collected there.

In order to extend the life and also preserve the capillary attraction of the wick, the wick may be removed from its annular trough of the burner and turned over or reversed so that the wick is supported on the other ends 17, 17 of the legs 16, 16, as will be readily understood and needs no further disclosure.

From the foregoing disclosure of the invention and the manner of using the same, all the objects and advantages recited in the statement of invention have been fully and efiiciently effected.

Of course, it is to be understood that the showing in the drawing is purely illustrative and in no sense constitutes a limitation upon the scope of the invention. Any one skilled in the art can readily see that the absorbent portion of the wick can be of a different nature, and the changes that can be made in the metallic clip or supporting leg are many and varied. All changes, alterations and modifications, which may be made in the parts shown and described, are contemplated as forming part of this invention insofar as they fall within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

l. A reversible wick for a hydrocarbon burner, said wick comprising an elongated rectangular thin body of absorbent non-combustible material having attached thereto on one of its sides a plurality of separated and independent narrow metallic supporting members arranged transversely to and projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of said body and provided with integral punched out teeth passing through said elongated thin body.

2. A reversible wick for a hydrocarbon burner, said wick comprising an elongated rectangular thin flexible body of absorbent non-combustible material having attached thereto in the plane of said body a plurality of separated and independent narrow metallic supporting legs arranged transversely to and projecting beyond and free of the longitudinal edges of said body and provided with integral punched out teeth passing through said elongated thin body.

3. A reversible wick for a hydrocarbon burner, said wick comprising an elongated thin flexible body of absorbent material having interwoven therein a longitudinally extending wire, and provided with a plurality of separated and independent supporting legs, each of which has integral punched out teeth for simultaneously attaching the same to said flexible body and wire and having its ends projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of said body.

4. A reversible wick for a hydrocarbon burner, said Wick comprising an elongated rectangular thin flexible body of absorbent non-combustible material having interwoven therein a longitudinally extending wire, a plurality of separated and independent narrow metallic supporting legs, each of which has integral punched out teeth for attaching same transversely to said wire and to and in the plane of said body, and having the ends of said supporting legs projecting -beyond and free of the longitudinal edges of said body.

5. As an article of manufacture, a reversible Wick material consisting of a thin flexible rectangular strip of absorbent material having interwoven therein a longitudinally extending wire and having attached to said strip and wire a plurality of separated and independent metallic supporting members arranged transversely to and projecting beyond the longitudinal edges and in the plane of said strip and provided with integral punched out teeth piercing said strip and engaging said wire. PAUL BARGER. 

